OF  THE  CONTENTS 
OF 


Meadow  Garden 


COMPILED  BY 

Harriet  Gould  Jefferies 


CATALOGUE 

^'         OF  ARTICLES 
PRESENTED  TO 

MEADOW  GARDEN 

AUGUSTA,  GA. 


CL  The  home  of  Governor  George  Walton,  one 
of  the  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence 


Aprill7th,  1903  to 
OctoberSOth,  1909 


COMPILED  AND  ARRANGED  BY 

Harriet  Gould  Jefferies 

CHAIRMAN  OF  MEADOW  GARDEN 


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No.  4 — Potrait  of  Governor  George  Walton,  who  was  born 
in  Virginia  in  1741.  He  came  to  Georgia  in  his  youth  and 
lived  at  ''Meadow  Garden"  from  1791  to  the  day  of  his 
death  in  1804.  George  Walton  was  a  member  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  Safety;  was  twice  Governor  of  Georgia;  was  six 
times  a  United  States  Representative  in  Congress ;  was  once 
a  Senator  of  the  United  States;  was  once  Chief  Justice  of 
the  State  of  Georgia ;  was  several  times  a  member  of  the 
Legislature,  and  was  four  times  a  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Georgia.  The  work  and  gift  of  the  artist,  Mrs. 
Sarah  Woolhopter  Potter. 

No.  1 — Pictures  of  President  George  Washington,  who  visited 
Augusta,  Ga.,  in  1791.  A  copy  of  Gilbert  Stewart's  por- 
trait. Given  by  Mrs.  S.  J.  Pinkerton,  others  from  Mrs. 
James  E.  Harper,  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Gumming  and  Mrs. 
Harriet  Gould  Jeffries. 

No.  2 — Picture  of  Martha  Washington. 

No.  3 — Picture  of  Princess  Augusta  (for  whom  Augusta,  Geor- 
gia, was  named),  the  daughter  of  Frederick,  Duke  of 
Saxe  Gotha.  Presented  by  Mrs.  Alexander  J.  Perry  and 
Mrs.  George  Gray  MacWhorter.  The  latter  Avas  the  third 
Regent  of  the  Augusta  Chapter  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 

No.  5 — Portrait  of  Brigadier-General  Thomas  Glascock,  a  hero 
at  the  Siege  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  who  rescued  Count  Pulaski 
when  mortally  wounded.  Presented  by  his  great-great- 
grand-daughter,  Mrs.  Harriet  Gould  Jeffries,  in  1903. 

No.  6 — Picture  of  General  Elijah  Clarke.  He  was  born  in 
Edgecomb  County,  North  Carolina,  in  1733,  and  died  in 

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Wilkes  County,  Georgia,  January  15th,  1799.  Given  by 
Mrs.  George  Gray  MacWhorter. 

No.  7 — Picture  of  Patrick  Henry.  Given  by  Mrs.  James  W. 
Moore,  fourth  Regent  of  Augusta  Chapter  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 
It  was  during  the  Regency  of  this  charming,  beloved  and 
intelligent  member  that  "Meadow  Garden"  was  acquired 
and  restored. 

No.  8 — Picture  of  Archibald  Bullock,  who  was  the  maternal 
great-great-grandfather  of  Theodore  Roosevelt.  Given  by 
Mrs.  S.  B.  Carpenter  and  Mr.  Charles  Edgewc»rth  Jones. 

No.  9 — Picture  of  Governor  John  Adam  Treutlen.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  Provincial  Congress  of  Georgia,  which 
met  in  Savannah,  July  4,  1775.  In  May  1777,  the  first 
Legislature  met,  under  the  new  Constitution,  and  he  was 
elected  Governor  of  Georgia.  He  prevented  the  absorp- 
tion of  the  State  of  Georgia  by  South  Carolina.  The  dis- 
tinguished Governor  John  Adam  Treutlen  was  inhumanly 
murdered  by  the  Tories.  The  picture  was  given  by  Miss 
Mary  Montford  Cleckley,  his  great-great-granddaughter. 

No.  144 — An  engraving  ''The  Rescue."  The  picture  repre- 
sents Sargeant  Jasper  and  his  friend  Newton  liberating 
certain  American  prisoners  from  a  detachment  of  British 
soldiers  near  Savannah,  Georgia.  The  gift  of  Mrs.  Charles 
A.  Rovrland  and  Miss  Annie  W.  Rowland. 

No.  10 — Portrait  of  Mrs.  Harriet  Gould  Jefferies,  who  con- 
ceived the  plan  of  acquiring  and  restoring  historic  ''Mea- 
dow Garden."  She  is  a  Charter  Member  and  Registrar 
of  the  Augusta  Chapter  N.  S.  D.  A.  R.,  and  Honorary 
State  Regent  of  Georgia.  Given  by  Mrs.  Harriet  Gould 
Jeffries.  Presented  for  her  by  Mrs.  S.  B.  C.  Morgan,  and 
unveiled  by  little  Hattie  Gould  Jeffries. 

No.  11 — A  colored  print  of  Mount  Vernon.  Given  by  Miss 
Lula  Walton. 

No.  12 — A  rare  old  colored  print — Washington's  Reception  at 
Trenton,  New  Jersey,  April,  1789.  The  gift  of  Mrs.  Kath- 
erine  Houston  Fisher. 

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No.  13 — Engraving  of  Washington  and  his  family.  Presented 
by  Mrs.  Harriet  Gould  Jeffries. 

No.  14 — Three  pictures  of  I.  Greenwood,  Surgeon  Dentist  to 
His  Excellency  General  Washington.  Given  by  Dr.  B. 
Hammet  Teague,  of  Aiken,  South  Carolina. 

No.  15 — A  papier  mache  plaque  of  ''Lafayette  Gilbert."  Ne'en 
1757,  Mort  en  1834.  General  Lafayette  visited  Augusta, 
Georgia,  in  1825.  A  gift  from  Mr.  A.  A.  Thomas,  of  the 
firm  of  Thomas  &  Barton. 

No.  16 — Pictures  of  the  three  founders  of  the  the  Society  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution — Miss  Eugenia 
Washington,  on  the  left;  Mrs.  Ellen  Harden  Walworth,  in 
the  centre,  and  Miss  Mary  Desha,  on  the  right. 

No.  17 — Pictures  of  Mrs.  Carolina  Scott  Harrison,  First  Presi- 
dent General  of  the  N.  S.  D.  A.  R.,  on  the  left ;  Mrs.  Mary 
Lockwood,  in  centre;  Mrs.  Letitia  Green  Stevenson,  Presi- 
dent General  of  the  N.  S.  D.  A.  R.  and  wife  of  ex-Presi- 
dent Adlai  Stevenson,  on  the  right. 

No.  18 — Picture  of  Mrs.  Mary  Margarette  Manning,  Fourth 
President  General  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 

No.  19 — Picture  of  Mrs.  Charles  Warren  Fairbanks,  Fifth 
President  General  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 

No.  20 — Picture  of  Mrs.  Donald  McLane  (nee  Emily  Nelson 
Ritchie),  Sixth  President  General  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 

No.  21 — Picture  of  officers  at  National  Congress  D.  A.  R.,  at 
Washington,  D.  C.    Gift  of  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries. 

No.  22 — Picture  of  ladies  and  Mr.  James  Gould  Jeffries  in 
Revolutionary  costume  at  the  opening  of  Meadow  Garden, 
November  21,  1901. 

No.  23 — Another  view  of  the  same.  Given  by  Mrs.  H.  G. 
Jeffries. 


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No.  24 — Engraving  of  Hugh  McCall,  the  historian.  From 
Mr.  A.  B.  Cald^vell,  publisher,  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

No.  25 — ^Continental  Memorial  Hall,  National  Society  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution. 

No.  26 — Picture  taken  from  portrait  of  John  Caldwell  Cal- 
houn ;  by  Rembrandt  Peale.  Given  by  one  of  his  descend- 
ants— Mrs.  Thomas  Frost,  of  Charleston,  South  Carolina. 

No.  27 — Picture  with  autograph  of  President  William  Howard 
Taft,  Washington,  D.  C. 

No.  28 — A  copy  of  the  portrait  of  Hon.  Richard  Henry  Wilde, 
the  statesman  and  poet,  who  wrote  :"My  Life  Is  Like  the 
Summer  Rose."  The  gift  of  Miss  Emily  Loring  Wilde, 
of  Los  Angeles,  California. 

No.  29 — A  spinnet  which  belonged  to  the  family  of  Richard 
Henry  Wilde.    Presented  by  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries. 

No.  30 — A  bill  of  Continental  currency — eighty  dollars — 1779. 

No.  31 — A  bill  of  Continental  currency — five  dollar  bank  note, 
dated  May,  1779,  North  Carolina.  From  Mrs.  Austin  M. 
Harland,  of  Tennessee. 

No.  32 — A  certificate  of  Continental  currency — four  dollars — 
Georgia  1776.  Given  by  Captain  B.  H.  Smith,  Augusta,  Ga. 

No.  33 — A  bill  of  Continental  currency — three  dollars — Balti- 
more, February  26,  1777.  Given  by  Mrs.  Julia  Flournoy 
Carter  Moore,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

A  block  of  wood  from  a  magnolia  tree  at  Mount  Ver- 
non, which  had  been  planted  by  General  George  Wash- 
ington.   From  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries,  Augusta,  Georgia. 

Emery  with  a  corn  top,  from  Mount  Vernon.  The  gift 
of  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Rowland,  Augusta  Georgia. 

No.  34 — Dressing  case  belonged  to  Mrs.  Appling,  wife  of  Colo- 
nel Appling.  It  is  considerably  over  a  hundred  years  old. 
Given  by  Mrs.  Martha  Massengale,  Augusta,  Georgia. 


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No.  35 — Miniature  Liberty  Bell  made  from  the  surplus  historic 
metal  saved  in  casting  the  Columbian  Liberty  Bell. 
Bought  by  the  Augusta.  Georgia.  Chapter. 

No.  38 — Picture  of  Button  Gwinnett,  signer  from  Georgia  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.  A  gift  from  Mr. 
Charles  Edgeworth  Jones.  Augusta.  Georgia. 

No.  37 — Copper-plate  of  "Meadow  Garden,"  before  it  was 
restored.    From  Dr.  B.  H.  Teague. 

No.  38 — An  iron  key  which  had  belonged  to  the  dungeon  in 
the  old  Fort  at  Ninety  Six.  South  Carolina.  From  Mrs. 
'William  A.  Garrett.  Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  39 — Mount  Yernon.  painted  on  a  stone  left  from  the  Gen- 
eral ^"ashington  monument.  Washington,  D.  C.  From 
Dr.  B.  H.  Teague. 

No.  40 — A  letter  from  George  AValton  to  Governor  Milledge, 
dated  ''Meadow  Garden.  November  23.  1803." 

No.  41 — Another  letter  from  Governor  George  Walton.  From 
Mrs.  S.  B.  Carpenter. 

No.  42— A  silk  ''Star  Spangled  Banner."  From  Mrs.  H.  G. 
Jeffries. 

No.  43 — A  piece  of  wood  from  the  George  "Whitefield  oak. 

No.  44 — A  piece  of  wood  from  the  John  Wesley  oak. 

Given  by  Mrs.  Sarah  Berrien  Casy  ]\Iorgan.  Charter 
member  of  the  N.  S.  D.  A.  R..  Founder  and  Regent  of  the 
Augusta  Chapter.  1891:  State  Regent  from  1893  until 
1898;  Vice-President  General  from  1900  until  1901. 

No.  45 — Set  of  carved  rosewood  furniture — two  sofas  and 
five  chairs.    Presented  by  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries. 

No.  46 — Large  mahogany  arm  chair.  The  gift  of  Mrs.  Eugene 
Baum. 


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No.  47 — Mahogany  candle  stand.    It  was  given  to  Mrs.  M. 

C.  Hall  in  1837  by  Mrs.  Miex,  whose  ancestors  brought  it 
over  in  the  Mayflower.    Given  by  Miss  Mary  A.  Hall. 

No.  48 — Revolutionary  mortar.  Many  prescriptions  were 
pounded  in  it  for  the  followers  of  Marion  and  Maham 
during  the  war.    Sent  by  the  Lachlan  Mcintosh  Chapter 

D.  A.  R.,  Savannah,  Georgia. 

No.  49 — Round  mahogany  centre  table.  Given  by  M.  L.  Wat- 
son, dealer  in  antique  furniture,  Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  50 — Candelabra  for  one  candle.  The  gift  of  Mrs.  Jeanne 
Earle  dos  Passos. 

No.  51 — Square  mahogany  table.  Given  by  Mrs.  Sophie  Flour- 
noy  Carter  Johnson. 

No.  52 — A  pair  of  brass  candlesticks  considerably  over  a  hun- 
dred years  old — belonged  to  Robert  Lewis,  of  Albermale 
County,  Virginia,  the  great-great-grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Estelle  Lewis  Graham  and  Miss  Lucy  Lewis,  who  pre- 
sented them. 

No.  53 — A  medal,  a  duplicate  of  the  superb  gold  medal  which 
was  given  to  General  Daniel  Morgan  by  the  United  States 
Congress  for  valor  at  the  battle  of  Cowpens.  Accompany- 
ing the  medal  was  a  photograph  made  from  a  miniature 
of  General  Morgan.    Given  by  Mrs.  Henry  Percy  Burum. 

No.  54 — A  gavel  made  from  the  wood  of  an  oak  tree  which 
grew  near  the  tomb  of  President  George  Washington  at 
Mount  Vernon.  The  gavel  was  given  as  a  memorial  to 
Mrs.  Philoiclea  Eve,  who  was  Georgia's  first  Vice-Regent 
in  the  Ladies'  Mount  Vernon  Association,  by  her  niece, 
Mrs.  S.  B.  C.  Morgan,  and  presented  by  Mrs.  Pickens 
(nee  Lucy  Holcomb,  of  Texas),  wife  of  Francis  W.  Pick- 
ens, of  Edgefield,  S.  C,  who  was  Governor  of  South  Caro- 
lina, was  a  Colonel  in  the  War  of  1812  and  United 
States  Minister  to  Russia. 


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No.  55 — A  paper  weight  of  a  piece  of  stone  with  Mount  Ver- 
non painted  on  it,  left  from  material  used  in  buliding  the 
General  Washington  monument,  Washington,  D.  C. — cor- 
nerstone laid,  July  4,  1848;  capstone  set,  December  6, 
1885;  height,  555  feet.  Given  to  Dr.  B.  H.  Teague,  of 
Aiken,  S.  C,  in  1885,  by  Mrs.  Gov.  F.  W.  Pickens.  The 
former  sent  it  to  Meadow  Garden. 

A  miniature  spinning  wheel  made  from  wood  which 
grew  near  Plymouth  Rock,  Massachusetts.  From  Miss 
Meta  Telfair  McLaws,  Washington,  D.  C. 

A  set  of  brass  andirons  from  George  Walton  Chapter 
D.  A,  R.,  Columbus,  Ga. 

Large  rug,  given  by  Mr.  J.  B.  White. 


No.  56 — Painting  of  Meadow  Garden,  the  work  of  and  given 
by  Mrs.  Carlton  Hillyer. 

No.  57 — An  oil  painting  of  the  birthplace  of  Major-General 
Nathaniel  Greene,  by  Addison  T.  Richards,  who  was 
born  at  Hooknorton,  England  (near  Cambridge).  The 
greater  portion  of  his  young  manhood  was  spent  in  Geor- 
gia, during  which  time  he  named  the  beautiful  falls  at 
Tallulah.  He  died  June,  1900.  Presented  by  Miss  Louise 
DuBose,  of  Athens,  Georgia. 

No.  50 — Engraving  of  Elizabeth,  Grace  and  Rachel  Martin, 
of  South  Carolina.  Given  by  Miss  Annie  Robertson  Mar- 
tin, of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  59 — Antique  et'agere.  The  gifts  of  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Phin- 
izy.  Second  Regent  of  the  Augusta  Chapter  D  .A.  R.  - 

No.  60 — ^A  Melodeon,  presented  by  Mrs.  Mary  Louise  Robert- 
son and  Miss  Catherine  Elizabeth  Walton. 

A  picture  of  Governor  John  Adam  Treutlen.  From 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Dixon,  of  Savannah,  Georgia. 


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No.  144 — Black  mohair  and  mahogany  rocking  chair.  Given 
by  Misses  Josephine  and  Lnla  Walton.  Large  rug,  given 
by  Thomas  &  Barton. 


No.  60 — Derby  Day — A  painting  bought  by  Judge  Edmund 
Bacon,  of  Edgefield,  S.  C,  in  London  in  the  Fall  of 
1812.  Judge  Bacon,  '^Ned  Brace"  of  ''The  Georgia 
Scenes,"  was  born  in  Augusta  in  1776.  The  gift  of  Mr. 
James  T.  Bacon,  Edgefield,  South  Carolina. 

No.  62 — An  old  cannon  which  was  used  by  the  American 
forces  in  the  battle  of  Ninety  Six,  South  'Carolina,  and  in 
the  defense  of  Augusta,  Georgia,  during  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  commanded  by  Colonel  LeRoy  Hammond.  It 
was  owned  by  Mrs.  Thomas  McKey,  of  Aiken,  South 
Carolina,  his  grand  daughter. 

No.  63 — A  British  officer's  fusse,  used  in  the  Revolutionary 
War.    From  Dr.  B.  H.  Teague. 

No.  64 — Antique  Hatrack.  From  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Phinizy. 
Rug,  from  Fleming  &  Bowles. 


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No.  65 — A  copy  of  the  Delaration  of  Independence.  Given  by 
Miss  Josephine  Walton. 

No.  66 — Engraving  of  the  Singers  of  the  Delaration  of  Inde- 
pendence.   The  gift  of  Mrs.  A.  G.  Lamb. 

No.  67 — Engraving    of    Alexander    Hamilton.     From  Mrs. 
James  W.  Moore. 

No.  68 — Views  of  Washington's  Headquarters  at  Newberg, 
New  York. 


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No.  69 — View  of  Washington's  Headquarters  and  Tower  of 
Liberty  at  Newberg,  New  York. 

No.  70— Bunker  Hill  Monument,  Old  North  Church  and  Old 
South  Meeting  House  at  Boston,  Massachusetts.  From 
Mrs.  Knapp,  of  New  York. 

No.  71 — Copy  of  a  certificate  of  membership  of  the  Society 
of  the  Cincinnati.  Prom  Mr.  Thomas  Savage  Clay,  for- 
merly from  Savannah,  Georgia,  now  of  New  York. 

No.  72 — Picture  of  General  George  Washington,  wearing  his 
Cincinnati  Insignia.  He  was  the  first  President-General 
of  the  Society,  which  was  organized  in  1783.  From  Mr. 
Thomas  Savage  Clay. 

No.  73 — Painting  of  monument  which  marks  the  side  of  Wake- 
field.   Work  and  gift  of  Mrs.  S.  W.  Potter. 

No.  74 — Painting  of  Wakefield,  the  birth  place  of  President 
George  Washington.   Work  and  gift  of  Mrs.  S.  W.  Potter. 

No.  75 — A  framed  may  of  Bridge  Creek,  Westmoreland  Coun- 
ty, Virginia,  the  birth  place  of  President  George  Washing- 
ton.   Presented  by  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries. 

No.  76 — Framed  collection  of  his  torical  relics.  From  Dr. 
B.  H.  Teague,  of  Aiken,  South  Carolina. 

No.  77 — A  framed  copy  of  The  Ulster  County,  New  York, 
Gazette,  published  January,  1800,  containing  an  account 
of  President  George  Washington's  funeral.  Given  by 
Miss  Mary  A.  Hall,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  78 — Picture  of  the  First  Steam  Railroad  Passenger  Train 
in  America.  Given  by  Miss  Mary  Jane  Moore,  of  Augusta, 
Georgia. 

No.  79— A  copy  of  the  Boston  Gazette  of  1773.  From  Miss 
Mary  A,  Hall,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 


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No.  80 — The  Charter  of  the  Augusta  Chapter  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution. 


No.  81 — A  picture  of  Independence  Hall,  where  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence  was  signed;  also  the  fac  similes  of 
the  signatures.    The  gift  of  Mr.  James  Barrett. 

No.  82 — A  framed  copy  of  The  Augusta  Herald,  Sunday, 
March  3,  1901,  containing  ''Historic  Augusta." 

No.  83 — Old  mahogany  bookcase.  From  Mrs.  Joseph  Bryan 
Gumming,  Fifth  Regent  of  the  Augusta  Chapter  D.  A.  R. 

No.  84 — Mahogany  combination  desk  and  drawers.  From 
Colonel  D.  B.  Dyer,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  85 — Mahogany  centre  table  for  library.  Given  by 
Pulaski  Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  Griffin,  Georgia. 

No.  88 — Mahogany  arm  chair.  From  the  Piedmont  Continen- 
tal Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

No.  87 — Large  mahogany  and  leather  rocking  chair  in  which 
President  George  "Washington  sat  when  he  visited  Au- 
gusta, Georgia,  in  1791.  From  Mr.  Edward  W.  Piatt,  of 
Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  88— Old  flax  wheel.  From  Mrs.  William  W.  Gordon,  of 
Savannah,  Georgia. 

No.  89 — Old  spinning  wheel.  From  Mrs.  Margaret  Barrett 
Dugas. 

No.  90 — Picture  of  old  fire  bell  tower  formerly  at  Augusta, 
Georgia.    From  Mr.  M.  L.  Watson,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  91— Bound  volume  of  The  Augusta  Herald,  1813,  1814 
and  1815.    From  Miss  Mary  A.  Hall,  Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  92— The  Monitor.  Published  by  Mrs.  Sarah  Porter  Hill- 
house.    The  first  newspaper  published  in  Georgia.  Given 


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by  Mrs.  Sarah  Porter  Shepherd  Flewellen,  of  Columbus,- 
Georgia. 

No.  93— The  Augusta  Chronicle  ''Fair  Edition,"  October  27, 
1906.    The  gift  of  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries. 

No.  94 — Twenty-five  copies  of  The  Laurelled  Chef  D'Ouvre 
D'Art,  comprising  the  prizes  of  the  latest  Paris  Salons, 
and  other  great  exhibitions;  also  from  The  Royal  Acade- 
my of  London  and  other  public  galleries  of  Europe  and 
America.  Gibbe  &  Co.,  publishers,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  From 
Mrs.  Katherine  Houston  Fisher. 

A  copy  of  Shakespeare.  From  Mrs.  Katherine  Houston 
Fisher. 

No.  95 — Old  sand  sprinkler — before  blotters  were  invented. 
From  Dr.  B.  H.  Teague,  of  Aiken,  South  Carolina. 

No.  96 — Crystal  paper  weight.  Given  by  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries. 
Large  rug,  loaned  by  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries.  Two  rag  rugs 
made  by  Mrs.  Harriet  G.  Gould  and  loaned  by  Mrs.  H. 
G.  Jeffries. 


Stttttig  Uonm 

No.  97 — Old  mahogany  sideboard,  purchased  by  Mrs.  H.  G. 
Jeffries  and  Mrs.  K.  H.  Fisher. 

No.  98 — Mahogany  extension  dining  table  purchased  b}^  Mrs. 
H.  G.  Jeffries  and  Mrs.  K.  H.  Fisher. 

No.  99— Mahogany  secretary.  Presented  by  Mrs.  Harriet 
Glascock  Gould,  Vice-Regent  of  the  Augusta  Chapter 
from  1893  until  1907. 

No.  100 — An  antique  clock.  From  the  Sergeant  Newton  Chap- 
ter D.  A.  R.,  Covington,  Georgia. 

• 

No.  101 — A  chest  for  silver  knives,  forks  and  spoons.  From 
Mrs.  W.  P.  Whitmore  (nee  Mary  Noble  Berrien,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Xavier  Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  Rome,  Georgia. 


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A  fan-shaped  saucer  with  a  painting  on  it  of  the  "Old 
Royall  House"  in  1725,  at  Medford,  Massachusetts.  From 
Miss  Josephine  Walton,  of  New  York. 

No.  102 — A  fly  brush  made  out  of  peacock  feathers.  From 
the  Kettle  Creek  Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  of  Washington,  Ga. 

No.  103 — A  white  and  gold  china  teapot.  Given  by  Miss 
Mary  Shannon,  of  Shelbyville,  Ky.  It  had  been  in  her 
family  more  than  a  hundred  years. 

No.  104 — Five  mahogany  chairs,  seats  covered  with  black 
mohair.  Given  by  the  Savannah  Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  of 
Savannah,  Georgia. 

No.  145 — Rag  rug,  woven  in  the  mountains  of  Georgia.  Pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  W.  N.  Benton. 


ISrb  Uonm  (§nn  iFrnttt  Srauitng  JSnom 

No.  105 — A  handsome  antique  mahogany  bed,  bureau  and 
washstand.  Given  by  Mrs.  Francis  Edgeworth  Eve,  of 
Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  106 — White  and  gold  china  set  for  washstand.  From  Mr. 
0.  C.  Lee,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 


No.  107 — Old  mahogany  bedstead.    From  Mrs.  William  A. 

Garrett,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

No.  108 — A  mahogany  chair  in  which  William  Makepeace 
Thackeray  sat  when  he  visited  Augusta  in   ,  and  de- 
livered his  lecture  on  ''The  Four  Georges."    He  was  the 
^  guest  of  Dr.  Ignatius  P.  Garvin.  From  Mrs.  W.  A.  Garrett. 

No.  109— Blue  china  washstand  set.    From  Mr.  T.  C.  Bligh. 


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Sflpm  (©u^r  itntttg  Uonm 


No.  101 — A  mahogany  bureau.    From  Mrs.  W.  A.  Garrett. 

No.  Ill — A  bureau  that  belonged  to  Bishop  Haratio  Potter,  of 
New  York,  and  was  given  by  his  daughter,  Miss  Anna 
Potter,  to  Miss  Mary  Rebecca  Boggs,  who  gave  it  to 
''Meadow  Garden." 

Quilt,  made  by  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Mosely,  of  Abbeville, 
South  Carolina,  in  1824,  and  was  finished  and  quilted  by 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Longstreet  Camfield,  of  Augusta,  Georgia, 
the  sister  of  Judge  Longstreet,  who  wrote  ''Georgia 
Scenes."    From  Miss  Mary  Rebecca  Boggs. 

A  quilt,  made  in  1809,  by  Dorothy  Walton,  wife  of  the 
Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  From  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Staples,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

An  old  counterpane.  From  Mrs.  Lewis  Graves  Parks, 
of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

An  engraving,  "Our  Saviour  Healing  the  Sick  in  the 
Temple,"  by  Aaron  Kink.  From  Mrs.  Jeanne  Earle  dos 
Passos,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

Antique  "brass  eagle  knocker  on  front  door.  From  Mrs. 
James  Farrow  McGowan. 

Old  brass  knocker  on  back  door.  From  Mr.  William  C. 
Jones.  Had  been  on  his  house,  on  lower  Broad  St.,  for  a 
hundred  years — until  it  was  torn  down. 

Old  brass  window  cornices,  and  door  knobs.  Given  by 
Mrs.  Ella  Myers  Franklin  and  Miss  Disiree  L.  Franklin. 

Handsome  bunting  flag,  20  feet  long  and  12  feet  wide. 
Given  by  Mrs.  Clifford  Gregory,  of  Albany,  New  York; 
Mrs.  Zeigler,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  other  members 
of  the  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion at  the  Bon  Air  Hotel. 

A  gavel,  made  out  of  elm  and  wild  cherry  wood  from 
Mount  Vernon,  Fairfax  County,  Virginia.  Given  by  Mr. 
Franklin  A.  Whelan. 


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No.  112 — Eleven  mahogany  chairs,  upholstered  seats  in  yellow 

brocade. 
No.  113— 
No.  114— 
No.  115— 
No.  116— 
No.  117— 
No.  118— 
No.  HQ- 
No.  120— 
No.  121— 
No.  122— 

No.  123 — A  mahogany  piano  stool,  upholstered  in  yellow  bro- 
cade. 

No.  124 — Two  mahogany  and  black  mohair  foot  stools. 

No.  125 — One  set  of  six  carved  mahogany  and  black  mohair 
chairs. 

No.  126 — Two  candelabra. 
N0...127— Vases. 

No.  128 — Brass  fender,  fire  place  set  and  all  other  ornaments. 


No.  128 — Gold  framed  mirror  over  mantel.  Brass  andirons, 
fire  place  set,  vases,  candlesticks  and  all  other  ornaments, 
except  two  white  and  blue  vases  not  numbered. 


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No.  129 — Two  mahogany  chairs,  black  mohair  seats. 
No.  130 — An  old  spinning  wheel. 


Hthrarg 

No.  131 — Three  crystal  and  bronze  candelabra  candlesticks, 
vases  and  other  ornaments  not  numbered. 

No.  132 — An  old  flax  wheel.    Brass  trimmed  wire  fender  and 
fire  place  set. 

No.  133-^Large  mahogany  rocking  chair,  upholstered  in  green 
and  gold  brocade. 

No.  134 — Small  mahogany  rocking  chair,  upholstered  in  green 
and  gold  brocade. 

No.  135 — Mahogany  work  table  with  two  drawers. 

No.  136 — Mahogany  foot-stool,  upholstered  in  green  and  gold 
brocade. 


Sititttg  Sunm 

No.  137 — Eight  carved  mahogany  chairs,  black  mohair  seats. 
Two  dozen  blue-plates,  representing  Colonial  and  Revo- 
lutionary homes  and  scenes,  placed  around  frieze.  Sev- 
eral dozen  blue  and  white  plates  and  cups  and  saucers. 
Three  blue  and  white  bowls.  Fourteen  pictures.  One  dozen 
white  glass  tumblers.  One  decanter.  One  blue  and  white 
round  dish.  One  blue  and  white  plaque  of  Mount  Vernon, 
vases  , candlesticks,  and  all  other  ornaments.  One  wire 
brass-trimmed  fender,  brass  andirons  and  fire-place  set. 
A  white  cup  and  saucer  from  which  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Phoebe 
Key  Howard  enjoyed  a  draught  of  tea  at  the  Martha 
Washington  tea  party  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  in  1875,  sent  to 
Mrs.  Jeffries  by  General  James  Howard,  the  son  of  the 


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former  and  the  grandson  of  General  John  Eager  Howard, 
of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  the  immortal  Frances  Scott 
Key,  who  wrote  the  ''Star  Spangled  Banner." 


'^th  lEnnm  (§Mtr  Front  Sratwtttg  iRDom 

No.  138 — One  china  set  for  bureau,  five  pieces — blue,  white 
and  gold. 


Mth  Enom  (§u^r  Mntk  framing  Ennm 

No.  139 — Mahogany  set   of  four  pieces — bedstead,  bureau, 
glass  on  stand  and  washstand. 


INo.  140 — A  large  mahogany  bureau. 

No.  141 — Mahogany  washstand,  two  vases,  scent  bottles,  or- 
naments. 


l^onm  (^\ttr  Stutng  ISonm 

No.  142 — A  small  mahogany  bedstead. 

No.  143 — Mahogany  washstand.    Two  bed  spreads. 


pflurfs  at  HJf a?iom  darken 

( Jtram^i  mh  Infram^b ) 

Two  photographs  of  the  old  historic  St.  John's  Epispocal 
Church  in  Richmond,  Va.  From  Miss  Mary  A.  Hall,  Augus- 
ta, Georgia. 

Photographs  of  General  and  Martha  Washington.  From 
the  Superintendent  of  Washington's  Headquarters,  at  New- 
berg. 

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Engraving  of  Sergeant  William  Jasper,  Major  John  Haber- 
sham and  Major-General  Samnel  Elbert.  From  :\Irs.  S.  B. 
Carpenter  and  Mr.  Charles  Edgeworth  Jones,  of  Augusta,  Ga. 

Six  old  engravings  comprising  the  folloAving  subjects: 

L'Escorte  D'Equipage;  Jesus  Christ  an  Tombeau  ;  Leonard 
da  Vinci;  La  Forza  dell  Educazione;  Avengle  Chansouicr; 
and  The  Escape  of  the  ]\Iouse.  From  Miss  Annie  Camak.  of 
Athens,  Georgia. 

Picture  of  Vari  Cortlandt  Manor.  From  ^Irs.  Emily  L. 
Bostwick  Fay,  of  Peeksville,  New  York. 

A  calendar  of  historic  flags  of  the  United  States  of  America  : 
Our  Rattlesnake  flag,  1775;  our  Liberty  flag,  September,  1775; 
our  first  L^nion  flag,  January  2,  1776;  our  Pine  Tree  flag  of 
the  Navy,  1776;  our  first  National  flag,  June  14,  1777;  The 
Flag  of  Our  Own  Time,  1903. 

A  picture  of  the  oldest  house  in  New  England,  at  Guilford, 
Conn.    Built  for  the  Rev.  Henry  Whitefield  in  1610. 

A  picture  of  historic  St.  Paul's,  New  York. 

A  set  of  nine  photo-gravines  taken  from  Trumbull's  great 
historic  paintings  of  the  Revolutionary  War : 

Two  pictures  of  President  George  Washington;  Battle  of 
Bunker  Hill ;  Battle  of  Princeton ;  Surrender  of  Burgoyne ; 
Surrender  of  Cornwallis ;  Signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, and  AVashington  Resigning  His  Commission.  From 
Major  Sidney  Herbert  Lancy,  of  Maitland,  Florida. 

Four  pictures  of  the  imposing  ceremonies  at  the  re-interment 
of  General  Nathaniel  Greene,  at  Savannah,  Ga.,  November 
14th,  1902.    From  Major  S.  H.  Lancy. 

Eleven  etchings  and  engraving  of  the  folloAving  subjects: 

''The  Holy  ^larriage  and  the  Nativity,  "  by  Albrecht  Durer. 
four  hundred  years  old  and  very  valuable;  ''Count  Pulaski," 
with  whom  Brigadier-General  Thomas  Glascock  was  intimately 
associated  during  the  Revolutionary  War;  "Monticello  Home 
of  Thomas  Jefferson"  and  the  "L^niversity  of  Virginia;"  from 
Mrs.  Harriet  Gould  Jeffries.  "Tomo  Chachi  Mico,  or  King  of 
the  Yamacraws, "  "Major-General  The  Baron  DeKalb,"  "Gen- 
eral Gadsden,"  "Samuel  Ward,"  Lieutenant-Colonel  First 
Rhode  Island  Regiment;  "John  Russell  Bartlett,"  "Lieut. -Col. 
Banastre  Tarleton,"  "Theodori  De  Bry  Leodieu."  This  vain- 
able  collection  of  engravings  was  presented  by  ]Mr.  James 
Barrett,  of  Augusta,  Ga. 


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A  steel  engraving  of  General  Oglethorpe,  from  an  original 
engraving  in  the  possession  of  George  Wymberly  Jones,  of 
Savannah,  Georgia;  given  by  Mr.  A.  B.  Caldwell,  publisher, 
Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Picture  of  Phillipse  :Manor,  The  City  Hall,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
From  Mrs.  Emily  L.  Bostwick  Fay. 

Picture  from  the  portrait  of  Colonel  Samuel  Hammond, 
born  in  Virginia,  September  21,  1757;  died  in  South  Carolina, 
September  11,  1842.  From  his  grandson,  Mr.  Hugh  Washing- 
ton, of  Macon,  Georgia. 

An  engraving  of  the  insignia  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincin- 
nati in  the  State  of  Georgia.  From  Mr.  Thomas  Savage  Clay, 
formerly  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  now  of  New  York.  Also  a  pic- 
ture of  same  from  Mr.  William  Berrien  Burroughs,  of  Bruns- 
wick, Georgia. 


Iflflka  anil  fap^ra  ^tit^n  to  iipaJiom 

The  American  ]\Iuseum  or  Repository  of  ancient  and  modern 
fugitive  pieces,  etc.,  prose  and  poetical,  from  January  1787  to 
1792.  These  rare,  old  books  are  121  years  old.  Nine  volumes. 
Carey,  Stewart  &  Co.,  publishers,  Philadelphia,  July  20,  1790. 

Encyclopaedia  Americano.  A  popular  distionary  of  arts, 
science,  literature,  history,  politics  and  biography.  12  volumes. 

Memoir,  Correspondence,  and  Miscellanies.  From  the  papers 
of  Thomas  Jefferson.  4  volumes. 

The  Life  of  Patrick  Henry.  By  William  Wirt,  of  Richmond, 
Virginia,  1838. 

The  History  of  the  Progress  and  Termination  of  the  Roman 
Republic.    By  Adam  Ferguson,  LL.D. 

A  copy  of  The  Ulster  County  Gazette,  published  January, 
18.  A  copy  of  the  Will  of  Mar}^  Washington.  From  Mrs. 
Virginia  Hardwick  Jackson  (Mrs.  John  K.  Jackson)  the  hon- 
ored and  oldest  member  of  the  Augusta  Chapter  N.  S.  D.  A.  R. 

Lineage  Books  from  Volume  I  to  Volume  XXXVHI.  From 
the  National  Society  D.  A.  R.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Stories  of  Georgia.  By  Harris.  From  William  F.  Law,  of 
Augusta,  Georgia. 


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History  of  Georgia.  From  the  author,  Lawton  13.  Evans,  of 
Augusta,  Georgia. 

''Dixie,"  By  Julian  Ralph.  From  Mr.  Armistead  F.  Pendle- 
ton, of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

History  of  Georgia.  2  volumes.  By  Colonel  Charles  C. 
Jones.  From  Mrs.  S.  B.  Carpenter  and  Mr.  Charles  Edge- 
worth  Jones,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

A  copy  of  Shakespeare,  and  twenty-five  copies  of  The  Lau- 
relled Chef  D'Oeuvre  D'Art.  From  Mrs.  Katherine  Houston 
Fisher,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

Bound  volume  of  The  Augusta  Herald,  July  1,  1813-1815. 
From  Miss  Mary  A.  Hall,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

Bound  copies  of  The  Monitor,  published  by  Mrs.  Sarah  Por- 
ter Hillhouse ;  the  first  newspaper  published  in  Georgia.  From 
Mrs.  Sarah  Porter  Shepherd  Flewellen,  of  Columbus,  Ga. 

Year  Book  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  1899  and  1900. 

United  States  Commission  of  Fish  and  Fisheries,  1899. 

Memorial  Address  on  the  Life  and  Character  of  Charles 
Frederick  Crisp,  1899. 

The  Louisiana  Purchase. 

Proceedings  in  Congress,  and  the  acceptance  of  the  Statues 
of  Thomas  H.  Benton  and  Francis  P.  Blan.  Presented  by  the 
State  of  Missouri. 

Dedication  of  the  Chicamaugua  and  Chattanooga  National 
Military  Park. 

Message  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  on  the  Rela- 
tions of  the  United  States  to  Spain,  1898. 

Statistical  Abstract  of  the  United  States,  1899  and  1900. 
Map  of  Alaska. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution  from  1895 
to  1900.   Large  Atlas  of  the  United  States.   Atlas  de  Filipinos. 

Report  of  the  Cruise  of  the  United  States  Revenue  Cutter 
Bear,  and  th^  Overland  Expedition,  November  27,  1897,  to 
September  13,  1898. 

Official  Congressional  Directory,  Washington,  D.  C,  1902. 

Year  Book  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  1901. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  1901. 

Report  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  1890- 
1897. 

Abstract  of  the  Twelfth  Census  of  the  United  States.  Given 


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by  Hon.  William  H.  Fleming,  of  Augusta,  Georgia,  member  of 
Congress. 

National  Portrait  Gallery  of  Eminent  Americans. 
Life  of  Aaron  Burr.    By  J.  Parton. 

Life  and  Campaigns  of  Lievitenant-General  Thomas  J. 
(Stonewall)  Jackson.    By  R.  L.  Dabney,  D.D. 

Alexander  H.  Stevens  in  Public  and  Private,  with  letters 
and  speeches.    By  Henry  Cleveland. 

The  War  Between  the  States.  By  Alexander  H.  Stephens. 
From  Mrs.  Harriet  Rebecca  Tutt. 

History  of  Columbus,  Ga.,  1827-1865. 

Three  Revolutionary  Soldiers — David  Forman,  1745-1797 ; 
Jonathan  Forman,  1755-1809;  Thomas  Marsh  Forman,  1758- 
1845.  From  Mrs.  Elisha  P.  Dismukes,  of  Columbus,  Georgia. 

The  Queens  of  American  Society.   By  Mrs.  Ellet. 

Year  Book,  1904-1905.  From  the  George  Walton  Chapter 
N.  S.  D.  A.  R.,  of  Culumbus,  Georgia. 

A  copy  of  President  George  Washington's  Farewell  Ad- 
dress, which  was  printed  in  1796  and  reprinted  in  1896.  From 
Mrs.  Annie  Twiggs  Taylor. 

Historical  Collections  of  the  Joseph  Habersham  Chapter  N. 
S.  D.  A.  R.  Volume  II,  1902.  From  Mrs.  William  Lawson 
Peel,  of  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

The  Story  of  Georgia  and  the  Georgia  People,  1732  to  1860. 
From  the  author,  George  Gillman  Smith,  D.D.,  of  Macon  Ga. 

Historical  Collections  of  the  Joseph  Habersham  Chapter 
N.  S.  D.  A.  R.,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.  The  beautiful  leather  cover  is 
the  work  of  Mrs.  John  M.  Graham  and  it  was  bound  by  Mrs. 
Woodward,  both  of  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Georgia  Land  and  People.  By  Frances  Letcher  Mitchell. 
From  Mrs.  Nellie  Stovall  Phinizy,  of  Athens,  Ga. 

Napoleon — A  Sketch  of  His  Life,  Character,  Struggles  and 
Achievements,  1902.  From  the  distinguished  author,  state- 
man  and  lecturer,  Thomas  E.  Watson,  of  Thomson,  Georgia. 

The  Smithsonian  Institution — Origin  and  Histor}^  Volume 
I,  Volume  II.,  1835-1887,  and  1887-1899. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  1896.  United 
States  National  Museum. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  1902. 

Year  Book  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  1902.  Given 
by  Hon.  Thomas  W.  Hardwick,  member  of  Congress. 


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Books  that  belonged  to  Madame  Octavia  Walton  Le  Vert. 

Tales  of  My  Landlord,  collected  and  arranged  by  Zedediah 
Cleishbotham,  schoolmaster  and  parish  clerk  of  Gaudercleugh ; 
published  in  1818. 

English  Synonymes.  By  George  Crabb,  of  Magdalen  Hall, 
Oxford.  Published  in  1819. 

Hand  Book  of  Modern  London.  Published  by  John  Murray 
in  London  in  1853. 

Murray's  Hand  Book  for  Travelers  in  Switzerland. 

Lavoy  and  Piedmont.  John  Murray,  London,  1852. 

Murray's  Hand  Book  for  Travelers  in  Southern  Tuscany 
and  Papal  States.    John  Murray,  London,  1853. 

A  Continental  Bill,  for  eighty  dollars,  the  8th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1779. 

The  autograph  of  President  Jefferson  Davis  of  the  U.  S.  C. 

A  book  containing  song  poems,  composed  by  and  in  the 
handwriting  of  Madame  Octavia  Walton  Le  Vert,  April  20, 
1843. 

A  book  containing  Madame  Le  Vert's  journal,  beginning 
June  11,  1853,  ending  July  21,  1853.  She  wrote  charmingly 
of  London,  other  parts  of  England,  Paris  and  Versailles. 

A  book  containing  Madame  Le  Vert's  journal,  beginning  at 
Havana,  Island  of  Cuba,  January  28,  1855,  ending  in  Spain 
on  the  10th  of  March,  1855.  This  valuable  collection,  and  these 
priceless  manuscripts  were  given  to  Mrs.  H.  G.  Jeffries  for 
the  Meadow  Garden  Library  by  Mr.  Lewis  J.  Schaul,  of  Au- 
gusta, Georgia. 

The  Knickerbocker  Gallery.  A  testimonial  to  the  editor  of 
The  Knickerbocker  from  its  contributions.  With  forty-eight 
portraits  on  steel  from  original  pictures  engraved  expressly 
for  this  work.  Mr.  Louis  Gaylor  Clark,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1854. 

The  Life  and  Campaigns  of  General  Lee.  By  his  nephew, 
Edward  Lee  Childe.  Translated  from  the  French,  with  the 
consent  and  approval  of  the  author,  by  George  Litting,  M.A., 
LL.D.,  London,  1875.  From  Miss  Mary  Rebecca  Boggs,  of 
Augusta,  Georgia. 

Memorial  Address  of  the  Life  and  Character  of  William  Mc- 
Kinley,  President  of  the  United  States,  February  27,  1900. 
By  Hon.  John  Hay.  From  U.  S.  Senator  A.  S.  Clay,  of  Mari- 
ettat,  Georgia. 


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Ten  bound  copies  of  the  National  Intelligener,  Washington, 
D.  C,  dates  from  1833  to  1843 ;  and  eighteen  unbound  pack- 
ages of  the  same  newspaper.  From  Miss  Lula  B.  Walton,  of 
Augusta,  Georgia. 

Ulster  County  Gazette.  Published  by  Samuel  Freer  &  Son, 
Saturday,  January  4,  1800.  This  valuable  old  newspaper  con- 
tains letters  of  condolence  on  the  death  of  General  George 
Washington  from  the  Senate  of  the  United  States  and  the 
House  of  Representatives,  Thursday,  December  19,  1799,  and 
President  John  Adams'  replies.    Given  by  Mrs.  Sherwood. 

Story  of  Wilkes  County.  By  Eliza  A.  Bowen.  From  Kettle 
Creek  Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  Washington,  Georgia. 

Revolutionary  Calendar.  Minutesmen  Calendar.  Tales  of 
Tybee.    By  J.  H.  Estill. 

Copy  of  the  Navy  League  Journal,  May,  1906,  containing 
an  account  of  the  Captain  John  Paul  Jones  ceremonies,  and 
the  oration  delivered  at  Annapolis,  Maryland,  April  24,  1906. 
By  General  Horace  Porter,  LL.D.  From  Major  Sidney  Her- 
bert Lancey,  of  Maitland,  Florida. 

Two  interesting  old  letters — one  was  written  by  Tho  Flour- 
noy,  Brig-Genl.  U.  S.  Army,  to  Captain  Jones,  Savannah,  Ga. 
The  other  is  dated  ''Augusta,  6  May,  1819,"  and  addressed  to 
Capt.  Wm.  Jones,  care  of  A.  Porter,  Esq.,  cashier  Bank  of 
Georgia — signed  J.  C.  Given  by  Mr.  James  Barrett,  of  Au- 
gusta, Georgia. 

A  bound  "Fair  Edition"  of  The  Augusta  Chronicle,  Sunday, 
October  28,  1906.    From  the  editor,  Mr.  Thomas  W.  Loyless. 

The  History  of  The  Puritans  or  Protestant  Non-Conformist. 
Published  in  Dublin.  Printed  for  W.  Williamson,  at  Mecaenas' 
Head,  in  Bude  Street.  From  Dr.  B.  Hammet  Teague,  of  Aiken, 
South  Carolina. 

Two  bound  volumes  of  the  ''London  Magazine,"  for  1744 
and  1745.  From  Rev.  William  S.  Bearr,  formerly  of  Augusta, 
Georgia,  now  of  'Clinton,  South  Carolina.  They  were  formerly 
owned  by  his  grandfather,  W^illiam  Smith,  of  Augusta,  Ga. 

The  visit  of  Lafayette.  The  Old  Housekeeper's  Story.  By 
Lucia  Gray  Sweet. 

Life  and  Times  of  Jonathan  Bryan,  1788.  By  Mrs.  J.  H. 
Redding,  of  Waycross,  Georgia. 

The  Lay  of  Gratitude — consisting  of  poems  occasioned  by 


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the  recent  visit  of  Lafayette  to  the  United  States.  By  Daniel 
Bryan. 

An  account  of  Dr.  Lyman  Hall,  one  of  the  Signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  published  in  the  American 
Monthly  Magazine,  April  1900.  By  Henry  0.  Hall,  a  kinsman. 
Given  by  Mrs.  S.  B.  C.  Morgan,  formerly  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  now 
of  Savannah,  Georgia. 

George  Washington.  By  Woodrow  Wilson.  From  Mrs. 
Julia  F.  C.  Moore,  of  Augusta,  Georgia. 

List  of  books  and  papers  given  to  Meadow  Garden  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Sergeant  Newton  Chapter  D.  A.  R.,  of  Covington, 
Georgia : 

Messages  and  Papers  of  the  President.  By  James.  Richard- 
son. Volume  I,  1789-1817.  Volume  II,  1817-18,33.  Volume 
III,  1833-1841. 

The  Nile  Boat,  or  Glimpses  of  the  Land  of  Egypt.  By  W. 
H.  Bartlett,  1851. 

The  Life  of  Samuel  Johnson.   By  James  Boswell.   Volume  I. 
The  True  Christian  Religion.    By  Emanuel  Swedenborg. 
Macauley's  Miscellanies. 
Lady's  Book. 

Discovery  on  the  Northern  Coasts  of  America.  By  Jam^es 
Wilson,  1836. 

The  Old  Curiosity  Shop.  Hard  Times.  The  Holy  Tree.  By 
Gharles  Dickens. 

Martin  Chuzzlewit.   By  Charles  Dickens. 

Outlines  of  General  History.    By  Richard  Green  Parker. 

The  History  of  Richard  I.  Coeur  De  Lion.    By  Jacob  Abott. 

History  of  Queen  Elizabeth.    By  Jacob  Abbott. 

History  of  Mary  Queen  of  Scots.    By  Jacob  Abbott. 

Journal  of  a  Young  Man  of  Massachusetts,  1815. 

Goethe's  Faust.    Translated  by  Anna  Swanwick. 

Histories  of  Cyrus  The  Great,  and  Alexander  The  Great.  By 
Jacob  Abbott. 

Legends  of  Charlemagne.    By  Thomas  Bulfinch. 

On  Heroes,  Hero  Worship  and  the  Heroic  in  History.  By 
Thomas  Carlyle. 


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